The issue of Libyan financing of Sarkozy’s campaign raised the crisis of European democracies in general and exposed the nature of the French political scene and its fragile relationship with Libya and North African countries in general.

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Written By #Nidal_Al_Khedary

#Anti_Corruption #France #French_Elections #Giorgia_Meloni #Italy #Libya #Libya_News #Muammar_Gaddafi #Nicolas_Sarkozy #Western_Democracies

From time to time, the case of the son of the late Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi, Hannibal, who has been detained in Lebanon for nine years, rears its head, without the concerned parties taking any real measures to end this case, whether by reaching a clear conviction, or releasing him

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Written By #Alaa_Halabi

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The Foreign Affairs Committee of the British Parliament revealed the text of a telephone conversation that took place between former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Muammar Gaddafi on February 25, 2011.

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The conversation shows Blair talking about ending the violence, while Gaddafi denied the existence of protests, accused Western countries of a neo-colonial conspiracy, and threatened to arm the Libyan people and resort to fighting.

Blair told Gaddafi: “The main thing required is to stop the bloodshed and violence,” while Gaddafi replied: “There is no fighting at all in Libya. Who said that?” “They want something else. It is a colonial campaign, and we have to challenge colonialism.

Blair continued, "If you have a safe place to go, you must go there, because this will not end peacefully and there must be a process of change, and this process of change can be managed, and we must find a way to manage it."

On the other hand, Gaddafi insisted on denying the existence of any protests, saying, “We have no problem, just leave us alone, and if you are really serious and looking for the truth, get on a plane and come to see us.”
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The phone conversation between Muammar Gaddafi and Tony Blair in February 2011 is an event with a geostrategic dimension, as it reflects the balance of international powers and their orientations towards the Middle East and North Africa region.

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Written By #Mazen_Bilal

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#Tony_Blair
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Operation “Irini” presents the European perception of the Mediterranean Sea as a vital space for the “old” continent. It is an arena for settling scores, regardless of the goals that the Europeans put forward for this operation.

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Written By #Mazen_Bilal

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A widely circulated video clip documented a group of Libyans chanting slogans praising Colonel Muammar Gaddafi inside the Republic Bank in Tarhuna.

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The video shows Libyans waiting in long lines to withdraw cash before Eid al-Adha, in light of the scarcity of liquidity that the country is witnessing.

Banks across Libya are witnessing noticeable congestion due to the financial difficulties experienced by the population, including delayed salary payments and the economic recession that has cast a shadow on local markets.

The Italian agency “Nova”, which commented on the video, indicated that Libyans remember with nostalgia the era of Gaddafi, when such difficult economic conditions did not exist.

The video begins with a person wearing a military uniform chanting, “Allah, Muammar, Libya, only,” and soon many attendees join him in chanting.
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A new image of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi occupied many of his supporters during the past hours on social networking sites in Libya.

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This photo brought Gaddafi’s son back to the forefront, especially in light of the growing calls for his inclusion in the ongoing political process in the country and not his exclusion.

Gaddafi Jr. appeared with the son of the commander of the “Abu Bakr al-Siddiq” battalion, Al-Ajmi Al-Atiri, who was charged with protecting him, standing and raising the victory sign in a mountainous area, which activists said was located in the city of Zintan.

He wore a shirt and a sports cap, and his usual beard appeared to be gray, along with his old glasses. The fingers of his right hand also appeared clearly amputated, and it seemed as if he had gained weight compared to his previous appearance.
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Since 2011, Libya has been facing a series of sanctions that constituted a political siege, without showing results related to stability. They constituted restrictions that prevented Libyans from creating a new future for their country.

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Written By #Nidal_Al_Khedary

#European_Union #France #Libya #Libya_News #Moscow #Muammar_Gaddafi #North_Africa #Russia #Sanctions #United_States_of_America

A report by the London-based “Al-Arab” newspaper confirmed that the public spending file in Libya has become a file controlled by the major active powers in the country, making it an American and European affair par excellence.

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The newspaper said: “The state budget in Libya has turned into an American-European affair. Washington is making several contacts with various parties to convince them of the necessity of resolving the budget crisis according to what was agreed upon two weeks ago in Tunisia.”

The newspaper explained that the outgoing National Unity Government, headed by Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, insists on playing the role of the central authority that supervises budget management, which increases the complexity of the political and economic scene in the country.
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Al-Saadi Al Qaddafi, the son of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, stated that signs of the outbreak of a third world war were beginning to loom on the horizon, pointing to the possibility of the use of nuclear weapons in the Ukrainian conflict and the outbreak of a regional war in the Middle East.

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Al-Saadi explained in a statement on the “X” platform (formerly Twitter), that Donald Trump’s victory in the upcoming US presidential elections may lead to calming the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, but it may make matters more complicated in other regions of the world.

Signs of World War III on the horizon. The possibility of nuclear use, even tactical, in Ukraine is high. The outbreak of a regional war in the Middle East is very likely if Israel invades Lebanon. If Trump wins the upcoming US presidential elections, things may calm down regarding the Russian-Ukrainian war, and it may become more complicated in the future.
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Police and customs authorities in Italy announced that the authorities confiscated two Chinese-made military drones that were on their way to Libya, hidden within wind turbine equipment.

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In a joint statement, the police and the customs authority explained that the authorities found the two drones disassembled in 6 containers in the port of Gioia Tauro in the Calabria region of southern Italy, where they were hidden between the blades of wind turbines.

The statement confirmed that the authorities confiscated the two planes because Libya, which is ravaged by civil war, is subject to an international arms embargo.
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Carla Bruni Sarkozy, wife of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, faces charges related to the case of Libyan financing of her husband’s election campaign in 2007, after a lengthy interrogation session.

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According to French judicial authorities, Bruni was placed under judicial surveillance due to the possibility of witness tampering.

The case centers on allegations that Sarkozy’s election campaign received illegal funds from the regime of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

In 2016, the French-Lebanese businessman Ziad Taqi al-Din indicated that he had transferred several bags containing millions of euros from the Libyan regime to the French Ministry of the Interior, which was headed by Sarkozy at the time.
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Today, Wednesday, the Libyan Parliament, located in the east of the country, unanimously approved an additional budget for the government amounting to 88 billion Libyan dinars (about 18.3 billion dollars), to cover the remainder of the current year.

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The approval came during a closed session chaired by Abdullah Belhaq, Parliament spokesman.

The parliament-designated government in Benghazi, led by Prime Minister Osama Hammad, obtained similar approval from the council last April for a budget worth 90 billion Libyan dinars.

This decision comes in the context of broader efforts to achieve stability in Libya, the west of which is suffering from a continuous deterioration in living conditions, while the east of Libya is witnessing a continuous rise in economic life.

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A report by French state radio indicated that Libya is playing a “double game” with the European Union regarding the issue of illegal immigration.

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The report explained that while Libya complains of the presence of a large number of migrants on its territory, at the same time it requests more funding from the European Union to retain these migrants.

The report noted recent statements by the Minister of the Interior of the outgoing National Unity Government, Imad Trabelsi, in which he said that Libya, with a population of seven million people, has 2.5 million migrants, of whom 70-80% are in an “irregular situation.
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The case of the disappearance of Imam Musa al-Sadr, which dates back to 1978, witnessed a development with the heated statements between former Lebanese Minister Wiam Wahhab and Hannibal Gaddafi, the son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

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Wahhab sparked controversy with his recent statements in which he revealed that he had mediated for Hannibal with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, but he quickly confirmed that Gaddafi Jr. “does not deserve mediation.”

Wahhab explained that this matter led to a dispute between him and Berri, and that Hannibal stated that al-Sadr “was not present” a few days after his disappearance.

For his part, Hannibal Gaddafi, who is being held in Lebanon, called on the Lebanese judiciary to hear Wahhab’s testimony regarding the case, according to what a source close to Gaddafi told Sputnik.
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A Libyan court in Derna has sentenced 12 officials to prison terms ranging from 9 to 27 years, after convicting them on charges of negligence, premeditated murder and squandering public funds, following the collapse of the city’s dams last year, which killed 4,540 people.

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The court charged the convicted officials with negligence, premeditated murder and squandering public funds, and explained that the convicts, who supervised the management of the dam facilities, can appeal the rulings issued against them. In contrast, the court acquitted four other officials.

The public prosecutor in Tripoli announced that the rulings came after extensive investigations into the disaster that hit the coastal city, which has a population of 125,000, as a result of Hurricane Daniel last September.
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The “Nigerian Tribune” newspaper revealed in a recent report that Libya topped the list of the most corrupt African countries for the year 2024, according to the Corruption Perceptions Index issued by Transparency International.

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The report indicated that Libya ranked 170th globally out of 180 countries included in the evaluation, indicating the widespread corruption in the country.

The report stated that the weakness of institutions and political instability, which worsened after the overthrow of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, contributed significantly to the exacerbation of corruption in Libya.
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The chief executive of the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA), the country’s sovereign wealth fund, has announced that the institution expects the United Nations to approve active management of its frozen assets.

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The LIA’s frozen assets are estimated at $70 billion, and approval is expected by the end of this year.

The LIA was established in 2006 by Muammar Gaddafi to manage the country’s oil wealth but has been subject to a UN asset freeze since the uprising that toppled Gaddafi in 2011.

Active management of the frozen assets will be an important step towards achieving financial stability and investing Libya’s oil wealth more effectively, enhancing opportunities for economic development and reconstruction in the country.
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In a remarkable move expressing appreciation and gratitude, the Libyan Tribes Union valued Algeria’s position on the Libyan crisis on Wednesday.

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This came in a statement issued by the union, in which it expressed its support for the statements of Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf on the situation in Libya.

In a press conference held in the Algerian capital with the head of the UN mission in Libya, Stephanie Khoury, who is visiting Algeria to discuss the Libyan crisis, Attaf called on all parties to lift their hands from the Libyan issue.

Attaf stressed Algeria’s position calling for the necessity of enabling Libyans to decide their fate themselves away from foreign interference.
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